Once you have made your flowers you can then attach them to your hat! I have also used some coal coloured muslin underneath with a metal embellishment. then I took the Bird from the Couture Creations Secret Garden Sparrow on a branch and cut him out in black so he looked like a crow and added him above the flowers.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Recently I was asked by my daughters school to recycle an old violin that was broken. The school wanted to do a display of instruments to inspire the students to think of music in a different way.

So I set out to make some thing beautiful and classic, that's how I see the music played by the violin. Teamed up with all those other orchestral instruments it really does make a beautiful and classic sound. I also see the violin as a very formal instrument.

This is what I came up with.

I first stripped the violin of its strings and features and gave it a couple of coats of black enamel paint and of course let it dry. I then restrung it with some metallic gold string. then added some laser cut stickers.

Then I hand made each flower with a Couture Creations Floral Layers Die.

I cut 6 flowers from the largest die and then shaped them as follows

Roll the petals over the end of a paint brush or a cake skewer. Roll the first flowers petals down.

then roll one of the flowers petals upwards. Then the rest roll the petals around the skewer.

then shape them as above.

then simply layer the flowers, adhering with hot glue as above.

You can spray them with spray adhesive and add glitter, spritz them, make them two toned or even spray them with bleach for different effects.

I added some Couture Creations Everyday Essentials Strawberry Leaves around my flowers for a fuller feel.

Here is hoping that the kids at school are inspired to lay something beautiful!

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About Me

I am a SAHM with 2 beautiful daughters, that are fierce cheerleaders, Tayla 11yrs and Jordyn 7yrs. Married for 14yrs to a man who truely looks after me...Phil. Am extremely lucky to have a handful of TRUE friends and a wonderfully supportive family. I am a scrapper and love a bit of scraptherapy with my friends.